The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown

"The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" is a short story by Damon Runyon telling of the improbable – but eventually triumphant – love between an inveterate gambler (Sky Masterson) and a missionary girl (the Miss Sarah Brown of the title). It was the basis for the musical Guys and Dolls – with a similar plot line, but with many additional twists and turns added before the lovers are finally reunited and live happily ever after. It was first published in 1933.^[1] In 1949, it was dramatized on radio as part of a program called Damon Runyon Theatre.

References

↑ "Damon Runyon". Authors. The eBooks-Library. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows's Guys and Dolls (1950)

Inspiration	Damon Runyon's "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure"

Adaptations	Guys and Dolls (1955 film)

Songs	"A Bushel and a Peck" "Adelaide's Lament" "If I Were a Bell" "I've Never Been in Love Before" "Luck Be a Lady" "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" "A Woman in Love" (film only)

Albums	Guys and Dolls Like Vibes (1958)

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